Scope
This guide describes how to manually upgrade your P6 Professional database to Version 20 from release 7.0 or later.
Complete these processes in the following order:
- Back up the existing P6 Professional database.
- If you are upgrading from P6 Professional 7.0, migrate all your methodologies. Use Project Architect in the Project Management module (R7.0) to convert the data from a methodology to a project. See Convert Methodologies to Projects.
- Run the appropriate scripts to upgrade the P6 Professional database structure. Oracle recommends that you use SQL Plus to run scripts in this guide.
- To configure an Oracle database server for SSL, see the Advanced Security Administrator's Guide included with the Oracle Database Server Documentation for configuring the Oracle Server and Oracle Client(s) for SSL.
Audience
Database administrators should use this guide.
Using This Guide
This guide assumes you can perform common database administration procedures and have experience using the command line.